Square Enix Halts Dragon Quest X Shipments for 3DS

Square Enix is temporarily suspending shipments of Dragon Quest X for 3DS in Japan because of server issues, the publisher announced on its blog.

Dragon Quest X released one week ago, and since then, a large influx of players has prevented many newcomers from logging into the Dragon Quest X servers. Unlike the Wii, Wii U and PC versions of the MMO, the 3DS version streams to players' handhelds via cloud servers. The problems are especially intrusive between the peak traffic hours of 7 p.m. and midnight.

Square Enix said it has been troubleshooting the problems and working on resolving the issues the past few days, and will re-evaluate the shipment suspension plan on Thursday, Sept. 11. The publisher also said that anyone who purchased a game voucher, yet was unable to log in, will be granted free use for a certain time after the problems are alleviated.

As of now, there is still no word on whether the MMO will come to the West. But IGN is waiting.